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This guide is based on another tutorial here which confused me a bit so I hope it this makes it a bit more clear. This guide will cover some things that are not covered in the other thread. So I hope you guys benefit from it as I did.

Disclaimers/Assumptions:
1- This guide doesn't cover N3DS. It might work with those steps, but the retail cart won't work as N3DS cannot use rxTools.
2- I did not test this with Card2 games, so I am not sure if those steps will work fine for those games.
3- You can use other CFW instead of rxTools such as Cakes. I'm using rxTools as an example only.
4- As usual, use everything at your own risk. I am not responsible for anything that may go wrong.

1. Connect the SD Card to your PC
2. Copy your Savegame and save it as 000400000FF40A00.sav
3. Put the SD back in the 3DS and execute Gateway exploit
4. Mount the .3DS/.3DZ game you want to export the save from
5. Start SaveDataFiler (CTR Card should not say broken!) and highlight CTR Card
6. Press Y and then A to export the save game (It will now be in the SD tab)

1. Run Gateway exploit and mount the game you want to import to.
2. Start SaveDataFiler (You will see CTR Card broken!)Note: Depending on the game you are trying to import the save to, it might have an anti-save restore function. In this case, you need to highlight CTR Card, then click R+X to delete secret value before proceeding.
3. Click on SD tab and highlight TitleID row of your exported save
4. Press L+A and then A to import to CTR (CTR Card is no longer broken!)
5. Turn your 3DS off and connect the SD CARD to your PC
6. Copy 000400000FF40A00.sav and rename the copy to your TitleID 0004000000053F00.sav
7. Put your SD Card back into your 3DS, turn your 3DS on and execute Gateway exploit
8. Mount your Game and start it, you should see your save working now

(C) - EXPORT RETAIL Cart save (No N3DS support):

1. Connect the SD Card to your PC
2. Setup rxTools: https://github.com/roxas75/rxTools/releases
3. Put SD Card back into your 3DS, turn it on and run rxTools from the web browser
4. Launch "rxMode", then press Y to run emunand
5. Start SaveDataFiler (CTR Card should not say broken!) and highlight CTR Card
6. Press Y and then A to export the save game (It will now be in the SD tab).

(D) - IMPORT Save to RETAIL Cart (No N3DS support):

1. Connect the SD Card to your PC
2. Setup rxTools: https://github.com/roxas75/rxTools/releases
3. Put SD Card back into your 3DS, turn it on and run rxTools from the web browser
4. Launch "rxMode", then press Y to run emunand
5. Start SaveDataFilerNote: Depending on the game you are trying to import the save to, it might have an anti-save restore function. In this case, you need to highlight CTR Card, then click R+X to delete secret value before proceeding.
6. click on SD tab and highlight TitleID row of your exported save
7. Press L+A and then A to import the save to the cart.
8. Exit SaveDataFiler and run the game. Your save game should be working on the retail cart.

1. Connect the SD Card to your PC
2. Setup rxTools: https://github.com/roxas75/rxTools/releases
3. Put SD Card back into your 3DS, turn it on and run rxTools from the web browser
4. Launch "rxMode", then press Y to run emunand
5. Start SaveDataFiler
6. Highlight TitleID row of your exported save (Example: 0000053F)
7. Press Y and then A to export the save game (It will now be in the SD tab)

(F) - IMPORT save to CIA/eShop:

1. Connect the SD Card to your PC
2. Setup rxTools: https://github.com/roxas75/rxTools/releases
3. Put SD Card back into your 3DS, turn it on and run rxTools from the web browser
4. Launch "rxMode", then press Y to run emunand
5. Start SaveDataFilerNote: Depending on the game you are trying to import the save to, it might have an anti-save restore function. In this case, you need to highlight TitleID row of the game you are tying to import to, then click R+X to delete secret value before proceeding.
6. Click on SD tab and highlight TitleID row of your exported save
7. Press R+A and then A to import the save to CIA/eShop game.

This tutorial has been through several revisions, and I think everything is complete now (with the exception on card2 saves, no idea how those work). Unless there are some mistakes or something new comes up, I would consider this to be the last version of this tutorial. Enjoy

also I meant TO and unlinked emunand, I don't really know if or how saves are tied to an account or not (or is it by just being in the right folder on the sd card ?)

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From what I understand, it is tied to the header of the game. Headerless games count to.

But anyways, that doesn't matter. What savedatafiler does is extract the raw data from one save, and injects it to your intended game, with adjusting all other information to it.

One problem that might happen is some games, is the secure value. Some games simply have an anti save backup feature. Savedatafiler supports those as well, but I haven't ran into any game requiring me to play with this feature so I am not going to comment on it.

I am hoping for a little help with this. I have 2 3ds's. 3ds #1 is setup with 4.5\9.9 and uses a Gateway 3DS with .3ds games. 3ds #2 is setup with 9.2/9.9 and uses rxtools with .cia games installed to emunand. I need to transfer a save from 3ds #1 to 3ds #2, and I'm not sure what extra steps I would have to take.

I am hoping for a little help with this. I have 2 3ds's. 3ds #1 is setup with 4.5\9.9 and uses a Gateway 3DS with .3ds games. 3ds #2 is setup with 9.2/9.9 and uses rxtools with .cia games installed to emunand. I need to transfer a save from 3ds #1 to 3ds #2, and I'm not sure what extra steps I would have to take.

1. Run Gateway exploit and mount the game you want to import to.
2. Start SaveDataFiler (You will see CTR Card broken!)Note: Depending on the game you are trying to import the save to, it might have an anti-save restore function. In this case, you need to highlight CTR Card, then click R+X to delete secret value before proceeding.
3. Click on SD tab and highlight TitleID row of your exported save
4. Press L+A and then A to import to CTR (CTR Card is no longer broken!)
5. Turn your 3DS off and connect the SD CARD to your PC
6. Copy 000400000FF40A00.sav and rename the copy to your TitleID 0004000000053F00.sav
7. Put your SD Card back into your 3DS, turn your 3DS on and execute Gateway exploit
8. Mount your Game and start it, you should see your save working now

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Where do I get this 000400000FF40A00.sav ?
After importing to CTR card, I dont see a 000400000FF40A00.sav on my SD Card.